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Swanley Village

Swanley Village is a village in the Kent county of England. It has 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 1 park, 4 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station at Swanley New Barn Miniature Railway, 1.8 km away. There were around 35 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Swanley Village area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sevenoaks area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 120,511 residents at roughly 326 people per km².

Council
Sevenoaks
County
Kent
Constituency
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 89th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability6
Affordable rents5
Good schools80
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation80
Employment82
Low council tax27

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

23°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

Crime

45 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Shoplifting4
  • Vehicle crime4

11 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance vehicles.
  • Nuisance antisocial behaviour.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

237 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 332 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

131 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 107 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Swanley New Barn Miniature Railway (1.8 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Swanley (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£543,081 average 3.2% YoY

Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-06

Detached£1,017,388
Semi-detached£542,756
Terraced£429,801
Flat£283,224

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,803 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,262
  • 2 bed £1,574
  • 3 bed £1,920

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (14.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (3.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

70 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: 4003050 (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 253 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)

A £1,682
B £1,962
C £2,242
D £2,522
E £3,083
F £3,643
G £4,204
H £5,045

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

65 schools · 17,192 pupils

42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

48inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Knole Academy
  • Orchards Academy
  • Trinity School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks

Care & health services

1,672 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes501
  • GP practices221
  • Dentists362
  • Homecare agencies415
  • Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

266 applications decided

89.5% granted · 238 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Recent votes:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 26
  • LD 14
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£39,738 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,205 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

9% low-carbon electricity

Imports 59% · Gas 32% · Solar 5% · Wind 3%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Swanley Village · 0.2 km

    Swanley Village is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 1 mile north east of Swanley & 4.7 miles south west of Dartford.

  • F.C. Elmstead · 1.1 km

    F.C. Elmstead is a semi-professional football club based in Elmstead, London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and groundshare at Sutton Athletic's Lower Road groun…

  • Sutton Athletic F.C. · 1.1 km

    Sutton Athletic F.C. is an English football club in Sutton-at-Hone, near Dartford in Kent. The club plays in the Southern Counties East League Premier Division. Sutton Athletic has been playing football at a county le…

  • Hextable · 1.3 km

    Hextable is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Swanley and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Dartford.

  • Swanley New Barn Railway · 1.4 km

    The Swanley New Barn Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in gauge railway located in Swanley Park, Swanley, Kent, United Kingdom. It is signalled throughout with the signals being controlled from New Barn Station which also serves as…

  • Oasis Academy Hextable · 1.4 km

    Oasis Academy Hextable was a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Hextable, Kent, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Swanley Village?
Swanley Village is a town in Kent, England, in the Sevenoaks local authority.
How deprived is Swanley Village?
The Sevenoaks local authority, which includes Swanley Village, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.